David Cicilline: “I do think that congressional action is needed to try to prevent settlements that are--that go beyond mere exchanges of…”

Since the Goldman Act was enacted there has been a decline in the number of American children abducted overseas and that is a good news story.

We could say that we support a mission that this war doesn't spread to NATO.

The Goldman Act empowered the State Department to seek the return of American children, yet, the department, in my opinion, has not used the full of range of tools as Congress has intended.

We must remember that child abduction is child abuse and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both abducted children and their families left behind.